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Events from the year 1974 in Sweden

• Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf
• Prime Minister – Olof Palme

• 2 January – Electricity rationing is introduced in Sweden due to the oil crisis

• 29 January – The Swedish petrol rationing ends after three weeks

• 7 March – Electricity rationing in Sweden ends, among other things, the street lights turn on fully again

• 6 April – Sweden wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, United Kingdom. The winning song is "Waterloo", performed by ABBA. The year marks the first time the contest was won by a group.

• 26 April – Sweden's first videographer is inaugurated.

• 18 September – Swedish spy Stig Wennerström, sentenced in 1964 to life imprisonment, is released by decision of the Swedish government

• Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson are awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two laureates were members of the Swedish Academy at the time; the decision was criticized by the media, and Martinson committed suicide in 1978.

Lars Frölander.

• 16 January – Mattias Jonson, footballer

• 13 March – Thomas Enqvist, former professional tennis player

• 20 March – Mattias Asper, footballer

• 31 March – Stefan Olsdal, Musical artist

• 2 April – Håkan Hellström, singer-songwriter

• 16 April – Mattias Timander, former ice hockey player

• 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, musician

• 26 May – Lars Frölander, swimmer.

• 24 June – Magnus Carlsson, Musical artist

• 25 June – Fredrik Bild, footballer

• 9 July – Nikola Šarčević, musician of Serbian origin

• 30 July – Josefin Åsberg, film art director.

• 30 August – Camilla Läckberg, crime writer

• 6 September – Nina Persson, singer

• 7 October – Charlotte Perrelli, Musical artist

• 8 October – Fredrik Modin, ice hockey player

• 24 October – Joakim Nätterqvist, actor

• 19 December – Minna Telde, horse rider.

• 20 December – Angelica Ljungquist, beach volleyball player

• 24 December – Thure Lindhardt, actor

• 30 December – Johanna Sällström, actress

• 7 May – Gustaf Dyrsch, horse rider (born 1890).

• 11 July – Pär Lagerkvist, writer (born 1891)

• 29 October – Axel Cadier, wrestler, Olympic champion in 1936 (born 1906).

• 1974 in Swedish television